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When Corn Runs Short
2013-01-15 15:14:00| National Hog Farmer
Old feed ingredient thumb rules must be set aside if we are to capture diet opportunities and improve net income. By John Patience, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Swine nutrition is changing. The once dominant corn-soybean meal diet has given way to a more diverse list of ingredients that few could have imagined just five years ago. Some changes have been dramatic, even painful, but ultimately essential for survival. But the use of non-traditional ingredients in swine diets is more complicated than simply bringing them to the feedmill and asking a swine nutritionist to have a go at developing a new generation of diets. read more
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